2. Authors of a landmark aid-dying-bill tabled the measure after it failed to garner enough votes in the Assembly, the LA Times$ reports. Several Latino Democrats opposed the bill — as did the Catholic Church, which lobbied strongly against it. The legislation would have allowed physicians in California to help terminally ill patients end their lives. The bill, which passed the state Senate, may be revived next year.

3. Latinos passed whites last year as the largest ethnic group in California, the LA Times$ reports, citing new Census data. As of July 2014, about 14.99 million Latinos lived in California, compared to 14.92 million whites.